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Recent flash reviews by yours truly:

DADDY'S HEAD
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NOSFERATU
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THE HOLDOVERS
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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
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A ★★★ review of Daddy's Head (2024)
Months back I ran across a comment that said, "Great movie, terrible title." Anonymous sir, I disagree. I love this movie's title. Intrinsically uncomfortable, it is. Why in god's name would we ever u...
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December 28, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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Starting on this today.

The Living Dead by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus.

#Booksky #Horror #TheLivingDead #GeorgeARomero #DanielKraus
May 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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I've always been obsessed with films about people who have lost / damaged their faces, and often spend time under bandages.

I've created a film list under a term I've just made up: "Facesploitation."

What films am I missing? I know I'm forgetting a handful.

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My facesploittation list, beginning with Eyes Without a Face.
November 22, 2024 at 12:25 AM
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Film reviews:

BANDIDAS - Hayek/Cruz sexy western
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DAVID - Bernadette Peters / Facesploitation
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HOLLYWOOD BABYLON - it exists?!
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JUST ASK MY CHILDREN - Virginia Madsen fan club
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A ★★★ review of Bandidas (2006)
It's pretty cool there was a time, 2006 to be exact, that a big American movie could be headlined by Salma Hayek (Mexican-American) and Penelope Cruz (Spanish). And though the promotional hook was tha...
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January 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Book 8 of 2025. I had the pleasure of meeting Daniel Kraus on his book tour last year and got a signed copy!
#booksky #horrorbooks #georgearomero #danielkraus #crochet
March 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Time to see what all the fuss is about. If you’ve read ‘em let me know.

#danielkraus #angeldown #booksky
July 13, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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Finished reading Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

I didn’t expect that. This was a journey.

Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#books #booksky #Whalefall #DanielKraus #libby #library #josephcampbelljourney
December 31, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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New weirdo reviews!!!

REAP OF EVIL - A+ garage horror
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BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN - Children of the Corn-y
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STOLEN FACE - nasty Facesploitation
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DIRTY HARRY - yes, that Dirty Harry
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A ★★★★½ review of Reap of Evil (1994)
The first feature-length film from Brian Paulin, my unabashed favorite filmmaker currently working out of his garage (may he never change), is one of the best of his I’ve seen. That doesn’t mean it’s ...
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February 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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How cute is the cover!!
#trollhunters #guillermodeltoro #danielkraus #newpurchase #midureads #youngadult
February 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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From the hell on earth that man consistently creates for himself to the ultimate redemption and acceptance, this novel will blow your mind. Not for the faint hearted. Actually, for everyone. Angel Down by Daniel Kraus.
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Cover of book Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
June 11, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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'Diversity fuels everything I do. I read broadly, watch broadly, listen broadly, and write broadly. I don’t want to leave any genre or writing style unturned.' ~Daniel Kraus #botd #literarybirthday #danielkraus #booksky #writingsky
Literary Birthday – 7 June – Daniel Kraus
Daniel Kraus is a New York Times bestselling American writer of novels, television, and film.
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June 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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#Whalefall #DanielKraus

A lot of our fandom read this one.....
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Me & the Duff a-whaling & sailing in Cali 🐳

"Another film approved for incentives is 20th Century Studios’ WHALEFALL, written & directed by Brian Duffield & co-written by Daniel Kraus. The film will shoot in Carmel & is based on Kraus’ bestselling thriller about a scuba diver swallowed by a whale."
article reads "Another film approved for incentives is 20th Century Studios’ “Whalefall,” which is written and directed by Brian Duffield and co-written by Daniel Kraus. The film will shoot in Carmel and is based on Kraus’ bestselling thriller novel about a teen scuba diver who is swallowed by a whale."
December 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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@danielkraus.com and @atriabooks.bsky.social
thank you so much for my free review copy of Angel Down. I'm in my historical horror era so this was perfect. #historicalfiction #booksky #danielkraus #horrorbooks
April 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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#books #bookSky

An eclectic haul for Christmas ☺️

The Smiling Land - #AlanDoyle
The Complete Persepolis- #MarjaneSatrapi
Angel Down - #DanielKraus
The Wager - #DavidGrann
Into the Blizzard - #MichaelWinter
December 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Book check! Just finished WhaleFall by Daniel Kraus, about a diver who gets swallowed alive by a whale (!) I am claustrophobic so this was a tough read, but so tense and gripping, as well as squishy. So descriptive you can almost smell it - Pinocchio this ain’t! #whalefall #danielkraus #booksky
January 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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My current #read. So far, I'm really digging this #book by #danielkraus. I'm probably going to finish the whole trilogy. #bookrecs #booksky #currentlyreading
September 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Kraus’s masterful new novel capped a year where I thought much about WWI and modern society.
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Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
A Year of WWI Thinking: The Magic Mountain to Fussell to Kraus
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January 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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It may seem counter-intuitive to read a horror book to escape these increasingly darker times but maybe no so much given my first foray into grownup books was #It by horror master @stephenking.bsky.social. Digging into #LivingDead by #GeorgeRomero & #DanielKraus & absolutely loving it. #MentalHealth
Book cover "The Living Dead - A New Novel by George A Romero & Daniel Kraus
February 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Revisiting our earlier conversation with Daniel Kraus following the Pulitzer Prize awarded to “Angel Down.”

Watch or listen here:
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#DanielKraus #PulitzerPrize #Literature #AI #Fiction
May 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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My review of a review of DAVID (1988), a forgotten, but key, entry into the Facesploitation genre.

A TV movie that is harrowing and not really that all well-intended. With Bernadette Peters, John Glover, and Dan Lauria.

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An image with David in his mask and cap. Bernadette Peters gazes at a boy entirely covered in bandages.
January 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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My review of the brilliant & empty NOSFERATU.

"Surely we've seen the film already? Kind of a prestige-horror version of Sinbad in the non-existent SHAZAAM?"

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A ★★★½ review of Nosferatu (2024)
The only film in development that I used to check in on, like a proper fanatic, was Shane Carruth's THE MODERN OCEAN, a purported 3.5-hour sailing extravaganza that, like his previous stunners PRIMER ...
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December 26, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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My review of the undeniable ANORA.

"She is taking what she wants, over and over. It's a candy store; she's a kid; you want her to keep filling her pockets."

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A ★★★★½ review of Anora (2024)
The last shot of this film is so good, earns it so hard, that any slippages before then are forgotten and forgiven, so you definitely shouldn't trust me when I say there *were* no slippages, none at a...
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January 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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“Bede Vs. The Living Dead Bonus Episode - Interview With @danielkraus.com [Author of Partially Devoured]”

Apple: bit.ly/4b6sIu5
Spotify: bit.ly/4rmO8aR
Links: linktr.ee/bedevsthelivingdead

#Podcast #Interview #Horror #DanielKraus #PartiallyDevoured #NightOfTheLivingDead
March 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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If you aren’t reading while you have to wait in the school pickup line then you are missing out. WHALEFALL from @danielkraus.bsky.social is what I currently reading because I can’t put this book down. #books #whalefall #beardedcomicbro #danielkraus
January 8, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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📚 Library Exchange
#BookSky #Challenge #TBR #Reading 🤔

Let's do a book exchange. I list something

I'm currently reading,
one of my favorites,
or a book on my TBR list,

and you list a book to go with it!

Whalefall #DanielKraus
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
March 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM